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...in a scramble? I'd rather just not talk about it.
But here goes. 4-man scramble, NO MULLIGANS. Behind this group all day. Would be one thing if they were hitting errant shots and just playing badly but everyone one of them stood over the ball for like 20-30 seconds before every hit and took 20-30 seconds after someone hit to decide to get ready to hit and then the 20-30 seconds to hit the ball. All those added up to a long day. We started on hole 5. At the "turn" (after hole number 18), so we played behind them for quite a bit, they went in to get something to drink and we played through. By the time we got to hole 4 and finished, they were not even in sight behind us and we saw them tee off on number one!
First time I ever played through a group on a scramble. It was just horrendous to watch. The group that was originally behind us just laughed as we went through and then joked with us about having to then play behind them.
Plus it was cold and drizzling all day. Miserable day all around.

I don't like 4 man scrambles. So many people cheat and if you're not playing with someone you can have a good conversation with the wait will ruin your(at lease my) game.
And no, I have never played through on a scramble. People get into a "I'm a tour pro" mode and take things too seriously.

I played in a charity scramble last weekend, we started on hole 8. well on either hole 15 or 16, from the time we pulled up to the tee box to us putting it took 45 min. we were the third group at the tea box with 2 groups in the fairway, it was a bend left so i could not see the 150yards closest to the green.

Scrambles can be fun from time to time but I prefer better ball for team play. Also in the scrambles I play in people are pretty honest and the better teams win. But to be honest it's not really about winning a scramble as much as it is about drinking some beer at 8am and not be labeled an alcoholic.

Scrambles can be fun from time to time but I prefer better ball for team play. Also in the scrambles I play in people are pretty honest and the better teams win. But to be honest it's not really about winning a scramble as much as it is about drinking some beer at 8am and not be labeled an alcoholic.

+1 for sure..... I don't care about the score. I turn in my card and either win or don't win, and I believe my group has won 2 out of at least 100 played. Typically it's a free day off work with a free round of golf and some free drinks and food. I don't care if it takes a long time to get through the round.

I've been in a group that did the same as you, passed a group that stopped (although I think they were rushing to the toilets - they were drinking heavily). I play a few scrambles a year, usually with my neighbors. We play exclusively to support the charity for whom the event is a benefit. We have no designs on winning anything because we play it straight. We have won a couple closest-to-the-pin prizes, as well as quite a few door prizes. We play it to practice hero shots, and to socialize with each other. While play is slow, I've never experienced some of the truly horrific rounds I read about from others. My worst was just under 6 hours, but most have been around 5.

Never played through on a scramble. Wow! I know it's slow, but they always are...

Most difficult play through I ever attempted was with these 4 Korean women, I am also sure they pretended to not understand what we were attempting to do. They could not be any slower, even if you tied logs to their legs. Unreal. I get the willies just recalling them....

Very nicely dressed, little hand made headcovers and quaint bling and high end clubs in their carts, all very tasteful. I think they were country clubers back home, which implies things about them, but i dare not articulate such...hell, we were walking and playing two balls each after a point (a 4some) and we still had to wait every single shot until we commandeered the problem...the scowls we endured were over the top given how quietly we watched them meander all over the damn course..

they were all like, Que pasa amigo? - which was weird, what with them being Koreans.

Scrambles can be fun from time to time but I prefer better ball for team play. Also in the scrambles I play in people are pretty honest and the better teams win. But to be honest it's not really about winning a scramble as much as it is about drinking some beer at 8am and not be labeled an alcoholic.

Bing-wait for it...-oh.

Scrambles can be fun if you want to have some fun. If you want serious golf, or fast golf, scrambles aren't for you.

And I'm the guy that has a bag of marshmallows in their bag and will leave marsmallows in strategic locations to have people think one of them bombed their tee shot, or toss one or two into the next/adjacent fairway when no one will notice.

I usually try to avoid scrambles, unless it's a charity tournament at a private course I otherwise wouldn't get to play. Even then, if I know the guys I'm playing with well, I'll often try to talk them into ditching the scramble format and each man plays his own ball.

Most of the charity scrambles I've played in have a lot of "two or three times per year" players who don't understand (or don't care) how their actions contribute to slow play. Especially when it's late in the round and the beer has been flowing for a few hours.

I play in one every year at out practice facility (first tournament of the year), but I've never had a group in front playing so slow we even entertained the idea of playing through. That had to be painful Willie.